dijous, 28 de febrer del 2013

Be careful with your tongue!


This week seems to be the hardest in winter. The weather's awful, we have plenty of exams and works and there's nothing to do outside. Luckily I can go sailing in the weekend and relax (or suffer), but as I know that there's so many people who don't have this kind of motivations, I challenge you to do something.

At first it could look ridiculous, but it is really funny: try to read this poem clearly as fast as you can. When I did it I couldn't stop laughing for minutes... It is very difficult!! (at least for me) ;) Well, I'm probably boring you and I don't want to, so start reading the poem!!

Whether the weather be fine,
Or whether the weather be not,
Whether the weather be cold,
Or whether the weather be hot,
We'll weather the weather
Whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not!

I've also found the hardest tongue twister I've ever seen... It is even hard to remember!!

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where are the pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?” 

dimarts, 26 de febrer del 2013

Technological addiction

I ask you to think about one thing for a while: how many electronic devices have you got in your home?

Mostly of you have more than five. It is normal, but... necessary? 

Nowadays all of us have almost a TV, a computer, a mobile phone, a radio... We live between thousands of electronic devices. It is in our lifestyle to use them daily, but do we really need them? Of course we need them, but we could try to use all this devices less, and nothing would happen. Because we don't live to use them, they exist to help us living! 

A few years ago, we couldn't speak instantly with our friends, we had to send an SMS and wait for the answer. If someone used that service more than needed, he would pay a fortune. But now we're able to speak with anyone, anywhere and anytime. And this is affecting our social relations. A lot of people, mostly teenagers, doesn't look at your face when you're speaking with them because they're answering a message of another friend. But when they're with that friend they could be speaking with you, and wouldn't look at their partner's eyes. 

I think we should use less our devices and attend more to our social life, and use the instant message service when we're not able to speak with anyone. This way we'll keep our friends closer and our "electronic affairs" further.